National Heritage Area Authority Extension Act of 2021

Supporting funding for economic development of Dayton, Ohio, region; supporting $1 million in Community Project Funding for the Sinclair Community College Center for Advanced Manufacturing in H.R.4345, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $1 million in Community Project Funding for the Wright Patterson Regional Council of Governments in H.R.4345, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $1,250,000 in Community Project Funding for the Cassano Health Center Renovation and Revitalization in H.R.4502, Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $1 million in Community Project Funding for the Miami Valley Intern Academy in H.R.4502, Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $24 million in Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending for a Child Development Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in H.R.4355 and S. 2604, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $1 million in Community Project funding for Woodland Cemetery Restoration and Preservation in H.R.4550, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $1 million in Community Project funding for I-675/Grange Hall Interchange Project in H.R.4550, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $3 million in Community Project funding for Dayton Arcade Renovation in H.R.4550, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $3 million in Community Project funding for Former Trotwood Salem Mall Redevelopment in H.R.4550, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $900,000 in Community Project funding for onMain Dayton Exposition Hall Renovation in H.R.4550, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $1,300,000 in Congressional Directed Spending to the City of Dayton for Kitchen at the Arcade Business Support Services in S. 3045, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $2,000,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending to Dayton Childrens Hospital for Kinship Care - Health and Housing Facility in in S. 3045, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; supporting $350,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending to the National Aviation Heritage Alliance for the Paul Laurence Dunbar House in S. 3034, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2022; authorizing new construction to be funded through Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Administrative Surcharge; establishing a pilot program to give Defense Department laboratories the authority to enter into a limited number of leases for up to five years for space to meet exigent needs; increasing from five to ten the number of science and technology positions each military service can hire under Enhanced Pay Authority; setting a sense-of-the-Congress target of five percent, by service and fiscal year for military construction serving Research, Development, Test & Evaluation missions; authorizing a cooperative agreement between the National Park Service and the Air Force to provide assistance for the historic Arnold and Foulois Houses on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; authorizing a boundary study for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park to include property in and near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; making minor boundary adjustments to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park; securing the appropriation of $35 million in MILCON to construct the Intelligence Facility Central Utility Plant (IFCUP) for the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, a project authorized but not appropriated in fiscal year 2021; supporting language in H. Rep. 117-81, the Fiscal Year 2022 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill calling for the Air Force to perform design work on the Human Performance Wing Laboratory MILCON project at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and supporting renovation of buildings of the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Dayton; urging the administration to include additional mission-related MILCON funding at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Springfield Air National Guard Base in future budget requests; amending Title 10 of the U.S. Code to allow Operations and Maintenance (O&M) funds to be used for new construction to replace existing facilities when new construction is more cost effective than repairing the existing facilities; supporting H.R. 4031, Retain Skilled Vets Act (all); joining the House and Senate Defense Communities Caucuses; supporting funding and operation of the Air Force Minority Leaders Research Collaboration Program (ML-RCP) by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); supporting the creation of a National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) collocated with the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; supporting the recently established National VA History Center (NVAHC) located in restored historic buildings on the campus of the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Dayton; supporting H.R. 956 and S. 1329, to reauthorize the National Aviation Heritage Area (all); supporting Section 1706(d)(1) of H.R. 803, as passed by the House, to reauthorize the National Aviation Heritage Area; supporting Section 2(u) of S. 3435, as passed by committee, to reauthorize the National Aviation Heritage Area; urging the National Park Service to purchase the two original Wright Company Factory buildings for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park; supporting development of the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence (NAAMC) at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport; supporting Section 559 of H.R.4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (as reported to the House) and Section 558 of S. 1605, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (as enacted), codification of establishment of United States Air Force Institute of Technology; supporting the following Military Construction (MILCON) projects authorized in S. 1605, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (as enacted): $24.0 million to construct a Child Development Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, $19.0 million to construct an Army Reserve Center Training Building at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, $4.7 million to construct a Microgrid with Natural Gas Generator, Photovaltaic, and Battery Storage at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport; supporting the following Military Construction (MILCON) projects authorized in H.R.4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (as passed the House): Human Performance Wing Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Bionanotronics Research Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; seeking Congressional approval to divest C-130 Hercules aircraft from the inventory at the 179th Airlift Wing at the Mansfield-Lahm Air National Guard Base, paving the way for the base to receive a new Cyber Warfare Wing; supporting Section 102 of the draft Senate Defense Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2022, adding $20 million for planning and design and unspecified minor construction, for construction improvements to Department of Defense laboratory facilities; supporting Section 3117 of H.R.4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (as passed the House), Release of Reversionary Interest in Certain Real Property, Springfield, Ohio; supporting Section 3136 of S. 1605, as enacted, Transfer of Building Located at 4170 Allium Court, Springfield, Ohio; supporting S. 3265 and H.R.6065 (all), Providing Opportunities for Wider Economic Revitalization Act or the POWER Act; opposing Section 8118 of H.R.4432, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022, which prohibits funds to establish a field operating agency of the Space Force; supporting Section 414, H.R. 5412, as passed by committee, National Space Intelligence Center; Section 8045(c)(5) regarding establishment of a FOA that is a Space Force field operating agency established to provide space-related foundational scientific and technical intelligence support for the warfighter, the acquisition community, and National-level policymakers; supporting legislation to require the military services to use criteria established by the Department of Defense in evaluating the quality of life in states for military families; supporting appropriations to fund programs authorized by the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act or the CHIPS for America Act; supporting section 1002 of S. 1260 (as passed the Senate), Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund, opposing Section 2824 of H.R.4350 (as passed the House), National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022; Intergovernmental Support Agreements for Installation Support Services, opposing Section 813 of S. 2792, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Exclusion of certain services from intergovernmental support agreements for installation-support services; supporting Senate Amendment 4607, intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Limitation on Authority to Use Intergovernmental Support Agreements For Installations; supporting Senate Amendment 4597 intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Enhanced Pay Authority for Certain Research and Technology Positions in the Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories of the Department of Defense; Supporting Senate Amendment 4594, intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Report on Facility Space Needs in Support of Foreign Military Sales Mission; supporting Senate Amendment 4595, intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Identification of the Hypersonics Facilities and Capabilities of the Major Range and Test Facility Base.

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Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)